Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Actions and Effects
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| author | Kristoff, John Müller, Moritz Filastò, Arturo Resing, Max Kanich, Chris Oever, Niels ten |
| author_facet | Kristoff, John Müller, Moritz Filastò, Arturo Resing, Max Kanich, Chris Oever, Niels ten |
| contents | As a response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU), through the notion of "digital sovereignty", imposed sanctions on organizations and individuals affiliated with the Russian Federation that prohibit broadcasting content, including online distribution. In this paper, we interrogate the implementation of these sanctions and interpret them as a means to translate the union of states' governmental edicts into effective technical countermeasures. Through longitudinal traffic analysis, we construct an understanding of how ISPs in different EU countries attempted to enforce these sanctions, and compare these implementations to similar measures in other western countries. We find a wide variation of blocking coverage, both internationally and within individual member states. We draw the conclusion that digital sovereignty through sanctions in the EU has a concrete but distinctly limited impact on information flows. |
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| spellingShingle | Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Actions and Effects Kristoff, John Müller, Moritz Filastò, Arturo Resing, Max Kanich, Chris Oever, Niels ten Networking and Internet Architecture Cryptography and Security Computers and Society As a response to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the European Union (EU), through the notion of "digital sovereignty", imposed sanctions on organizations and individuals affiliated with the Russian Federation that prohibit broadcasting content, including online distribution. In this paper, we interrogate the implementation of these sanctions and interpret them as a means to translate the union of states' governmental edicts into effective technical countermeasures. Through longitudinal traffic analysis, we construct an understanding of how ISPs in different EU countries attempted to enforce these sanctions, and compare these implementations to similar measures in other western countries. We find a wide variation of blocking coverage, both internationally and within individual member states. We draw the conclusion that digital sovereignty through sanctions in the EU has a concrete but distinctly limited impact on information flows. |
| title | Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Actions and Effects |
| topic | Networking and Internet Architecture Cryptography and Security Computers and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05638 |